Cinephiles gather to celebrate Ray’s legacy at the 20th annual quiz
At Kolkata’s Nandan-3 auditorium, Ekhon Satyajit – a magazine solely dedicated to the works of Ray – hosted the 20th edition of its annual Ray Quiz.
At Kolkata’s Nandan-3 auditorium, Ekhon Satyajit – a magazine solely dedicated to the works of Ray – hosted the 20th edition of its annual Ray Quiz.
In the turbulent 1970s, Satyajit Ray turned his lens on Kolkata — a city caught between political unrest, corporate greed and moral collapse. Through his iconic Calcutta trilogy, Ray crafted an unflinching portrait of urban alienation, following three disillusioned protagonists as they steer through a city that demands survival at any cost. Ray explored how Kolkata becomes both a character and a crucible in cinema, reflecting the anxieties of a generation and a metropolis teetering on the edge.
Sixty-nine years after its release, Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali remains India’s most acclaimed film, the incontestable masterpiece. No two ways about it.
In Satyajit Ray’s cinema, architecture is never mere backdrop — it’s a silent, eloquent witness to the personal and political dramas unfolding within.
With Ray, it is always hard to imagine which was more memorable: the character or the actor playing the character.
From coasters that are made on pre-sanitized ceramic plates with archival ink have his movie posters that depict his movie to colourful cushion covers that depict the fictional character Feluda created by the Maestro to original movie posters of movie like Pather Panchali are all going to be available at Baro Market. I
